Starling’s hypothesis
The principle that net filtration through capillary membranes is proportional to the transmembrane hydrostatic pressure difference minus the transmembrane oncotic pressure difference; although well established, it is called starling’s hypothesis to distinguish it from Starling’s law of the heart.
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